Lowry has surgery to fix sports hernia

Rockets guard Kyle Lowry underwent surgery to correct a sports hernia Tuesday and will be out for six to eight weeks before he can begin offseason workouts.

Lowry had said last week that the condition had been bothering him for the past two seasons, but more so this season, especially after also suffering a groin injury in early March.

The groin injury sent him to tests in New York on March 8, leading to the discovery of a bacterial infection that kept him out for a month. Lowry struggled in the nine games after coming back, averaging 7.4 points on 33 percent shooting with 4.1 assists and 1.6 rebounds. Overall, he averaged 14.3 points, 6.6 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.55 steals in 47 games.

“If anybody has seen me play lately, it’s not who I am,” Lowry said late in the season. “It’s one of those tough processes. I tried to play with it and do what I can and not complain about it. It’s a situation I have to … take care of.”